Ticket-sheet



C. C. KETCHUM AND C. ZIEHL.

norm sum. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 9'9: 1,325,477. Patented Dec.16,1919.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CARL C. KETGHUM and CARL ZIEHL, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Kapowsin, in the county of Pierce and Stateof Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements inTicket-Sheets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a sales ticket sheet or book.

The object of the invention is to print or otherwise indite upon a sheetof paper, card board or the like indicia setting forth the names andprices of different articles, to cut and perforate the sheet around theindicia whereby the cards containing the indicia may be readily severedfrom the sheet for presentation by the customer to the cashier.

A further object of the invention is to produce an article of thischaracter in which a plurality of sheets are employed, and which aresuitably secured one over the other, all of the sheets having imprintedthereon indicia setting forth the names of various articles and theprices therefor, such indicia being arranged on the sheets one to therear of the other, and all of the sheets being stamped or otherwise cutand perforated to form each of the printed parts of the sheets withcards, the upper portions of the cards being cut and the lower portionsbeing perforated, the out portion being arranged at an outward anglewith respect to the front sheet whereby the outer cards may be easilygrasped and successively torn from their perforated connection with thesheets proper without necessitating the removal of the .front sheet.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a ticket sheet constructed in accordance withthis invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numerals 5 designate aplurality of sheets of card board or the like which are of equal sizeand which are arranged one directly over the other. The sheets areconnected by stitching, the said stitching, inclicated by the numeral 6being preferably arranged to the top edges thereof.

Befor t sheets a necti e su le TICKET-SHEET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 16, 1919.

Application filed June 20, 1919.

Serial No. 305,459.

indicia 7 is imprinted on each of the same, the said printed matterbeing arranged on the same spaces of each of the sheets so that theindicia of the rear sheets will be arranged directly opposite that ofthe front sheets. This indicia indicates the names of articles ofmerchandise, the prices thereof and the instructions Pay cashier.

By a suitable machine the portions of the sheets containing the indiciaare divided into cards by slitting the upper edges thereof at an inwardangle and slitting the sides for a suitable distance from the uppercorners thereof and by perforating the remainder of the bodiesconstituting the cards. The upper slitted portions of the cards are fordistinction indicated by the numerals 8, and by providing thelongitudinal cuts at an inward or forward angle, as above indicated, thesame may be bent on a line with the remaining of the vertical cutsoutwardly to provide tabs. All of the tabs project beyond the outersheet and it will be apparent that the front tab may be readily graspedby the salesman and a pull upon the card will result in the latter beingtorn on its perforated or weakened lines, so that the said card may bereadily removed, handed the purchaser who in turn presents it to thecashier for payment of the amount marked on the card.

The improvement may be hung at convenient places with respect to thesales persons in different departments of a mercantile or otherestablishment, and it is believed that from the foregoing descriptionthe simplicity, cheapness, convenience and novelty of the constructionwill be apparent without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, is

1. In a device for the purpose set forth, a plurality of connectedsheets each having removable cards formed therewith arranged one to therear of the other, said cards having indicia imprinted thereon and saidcards having their upperends arranged at a slight outward angle withrespect to the sheets on which they are formed.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, a plurality of sheets of paperor the like disposed one over the other and having their upper edgesconnected; @21 055 said s eets being stamped to provide cards arrangedin series one to the rear of the other, said cards having indiciaprinted thereon and having their upper edges and their sides from theirsaid upper edges cut, the said cuts at the upper edges being arranged atan inward angle whereby the upper portions of the cards may be bentoutwardly with respect to the said sheets, and the remainder of thecards being connected to the sheets by Weak- 1O ened lines.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

CARL G. KETCHUM. CARL ZIEHL.

